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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-04-28
Our Democratic President.
New York Daily Graphic. :

The Graphic speaks deliberately
and with knowledge of the facts.
There is no man in this country
more anxious to put Democrats
into Office under a Democratic adj
ministration than Nh. Cleveland
is, but he will do it with deeency
and propriety. He will not APP
point a man for merely being la
beled Democrat, regardless of his
fitness for the place. He will not
give office to Mike the Bite on the
strength Of Mikes muscular ser
vice at a primary or at the polls.
When a man is recommended for
any available vacancy the Presi-
dents first question is, els he a
Democrat?" Then comes the query,
"What is his character as a citizen?
Is he intelligent, honest, capable,
and is he acceptaEletothe rank and
file of the party who know him?"
The judgment of the organizations
welcome and sought ard if the
tests we have indicated are salts.
factorily met the man gets his
place, all silly fctions to the con-
trary Notwithstanding.
All the humbug and cant print.
ed in this connection simply show
what a few newspapers can do by
adroit r%eiteration of a shibboleth
The Sun and the World have re.
peated their slurs and inuendo:
until they have blinded unthink
, ing people. As a matter of fact
) the President has been doing hii
duty to his party far more indus
triously and courageously thar
would most of the braggarts wht
find fault with him. Presiden
cleveland realizes as clearly al
) anybody that an administration
| which hopes to be successful mus
have in office men who are in cor
dial sympathy with its purposes
To that end the President has beer
. steadily laboring, and the few dis
: gruntled newspapers which seel
t to picture him as not possessing
. the confidence Of his party ar
merely venting their own spleen ii
t mis-Statements.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-04-28
The Cleveland city Republicans

The Cleveland city Republicans
die hard. They have set up a
.'rumpn Council against the voice
of majority of the voters at the
spring election. Like the late
trump State Legislature, it pro-
poses to do business to suit the
Republican party! The Republi-
can party feels as fit owned the
cities.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-04-28
ROAD NOTICE.
WE, the undersigned, residents of said

WE, the undersigned, residents of said
W county, and land owners within the
of the proposed free turnpike road,
ask your honorable body, at your session in
May, 1887, to appoint commissioners to lay
out and establish, in pursuance of the laws
relating to one mile assessment pixies, a free
turnpike road between the following points,
to-wit Beginning in the center of the Spacht
free pike where it crosses the E.. w. half
section line of section II, of township 8, range
2 east, Preble county, Ohio; thence east on
said half section line and half section line of
section l6 of said township to the southwest
corner of F. Surfaces 40 acre tract in section
I6 of said township; thence south on the west
line of w. T. and o. ID. Grifis' 60 acre tract
in same section, to the southwest corner
thereof; thence east on south line of said sec.
ton to the southeast corner of the southwest
quarter thereof; thence south on the N. & S
half section line of section 81, said township
to where it intersects the Eaton & Gettysburg
free pike, and there to terminate. We alst
ask that you levy an extra tax, the amount o
which shall not exceed three mills on the dol
lar valuation in any one year on all the land
and taxable property within the bounds o
said proposed free turnpike. Said levy t
continue for three years.
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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-04-28

The results of female suffrage in
the recent Kansas election are not
such as to give very much comfort
to the advocates of that measure.
The registration was large-fully
as much SO as the most ardent wo-
man suffragist could have expect
ed but as between getting the vote
registered and polling it on the
day of election, there was found to
be a vast difference. The female
vote as polled, with. the exception
of few places, is described to have
been of the tough element in plain
English, the women who went to
the polls and cast their ballots
were of the least desirable class of
the community to have added to
the voting. lists. The tough ele-
ment is already strong enough in
politics. 1t is the constant cry
from one end Of the country to the
other that the best and most intel
ligent class of our citizens avoid
their political obligations, and that
thus our public interests are fall.
ing into the grasp of the ignorant
and debased, if not absolutely dan
gerous, portion of the population
By this last experiment Kansas
seems to have but added to the
power of that very element from
which a republican form of gov
eminent has the most to fear. i
matters not whether in the election
held the Republican Or the Demo
cratic ticket received the majority
of the vote cast by the newly en-
franchised citizens; be that as i
may, the fact remains that the ele
ment that FASTENED to avail itsel
of its newly-acquired right wa
that to be led by a woman of thu
type of Mrs. Parsons of the Chi
cago Anarchist fame, rather tina,
by one of the ability Of Susan B
Anthony or Mrs. Stanton, and sucl
a prospect is quite the YER o
%reassuring for the further exten
sion of this right.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-04-28
FARM FOB SALE.

THE FARM OF FREDERICK wIKLE,
L late of Twin township, Preble county,
OHIO, deceased, containing lis acres, more or
less, is now offered for sale by the undersign-
ed, at private sale. This farm is situated 3
miles south of Lewisburg, on the Lewisburg
and West Alexandria turnpike. The land is
admirably located, is in a good state of culti-
walton, and the soil is of excellent quality.
For particulars call on the undersigned at
his residence On said turnpike, two and one
half miles south of Lewisburg.
ALFRED WIKEE,
Surviving Ex'r of F. Wikle, deed.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-04-28

The Interstate commerce law
must be copper-bottomed and steel
riveted. Fred Blenker paid his
fare to Hot Springs.-Cin. Tele-
gram.
Blenker is a political "barnacle.'
If the law would compel him and
many more of the same kidney to
purchase a ticket to "sheol," in
steado of the Hot Springs, the coun.
try would be the gamer.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-04-28

The Supreme Court of Kansas
has decided that a married woman
need not take her husbands name
unless she chooses. This is con-
siderable of a step toward the en-
reimbursement of the once down
trodden sex, but the chances are
that the advanced woman out there
will not be happy until the law
compels a husband to take the
name of his spouse.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-04-28
NOTICE.

w ELMER HARTRUM,. whose place Of
w . residence is unknown, is hereby mott.
fed that Mary c. Hartrum did, on the 4th day
of April, A. D. 1887, file her petition in the
Office of the Clerk of the Court of Common
Pleas, within and for the county of Preble
and State of Ohio, charging the said w. Ell.
mer Hartrum with more than three years
wilful absence, and asking that she may b
divorced from the said W. Elmer Hartrum
&c.; which petition will stand for hearing a
the next term of said Court.
MARY C.. HARTRUM.
By CAMPBELL & DYE, her Att'ys.
Capr7 fiji
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-04-28

Senator Vest says if Cleyeland's
administration for two years to
come is as satisfactory to the coun-
try as have been the two years past,
he will be renominated, and will
defeat any opponent. This, how
ever, is not merely the Senator's
idea-it is the opinionof the coun-
try at large, and it is the fact.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-04-28
to Township Trus.
tees and Free Pike Com
misstonerS,

nj Office is hereby given that the Board of
In County Commissioners of Preble Coun-
ty, O., will pay for all gravel or material fur
nished for the construction or repair of one
mile assessment free pixies in said County,
after March LIST. 1887. But will not pay for
any gravel or material furnished prior to that
date.
All gravel or material for the repair OF I'm
proved Roads must be paid for by the Town
ship Trustees of the Township where such
roads are located. See laws of Ohio, 1885,
vol. 50, page 40, and laws of Ohio of 1886, vol.
So, page 167.
The Board will pay not to exceed 10 cents
per cubic yard for bank gravel and not to ex-
By Order Of County Commissioners.
W. C. DOVE, Auditor.
apr7-4
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-04-28

The "Old Gaurd" of the Ohio
Democracy are devising ways and
means of drafting their idol, Hon.
Allen G. Thurman, into the con-
test for Governorship this fall
One plan is to meet in Columbus,
a large number of the leaders to
compose the gathering, and go ell
masse to the residence of the ex-
Senator, and then and there de-
mand his consent to accept the
nomination, if rendered him.-E1-
change.
Why not let Senator Thurman
rest in the political retirement he
asks for in his old days? He has
served his party and country well.
Let him alone. There are plenty
of young and active Democrats
ready and anxious to carry the
banner through the next campaign
for the Governorship, and give
them a chance.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-04-28

Hon. M. A. Foran, in interview,
says that he will positively decline
the Democratic nomination fol
Governor if rendered him. He
says the people of his district
elected him to represent them in
Congress and he proposes to serve
them in that capacity.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-04-28

The Eveaing Post says that about
one fourth of the counties of Ohio
report wheat as 25 to 500 of last
years crop. Half will have from
80 to 1910, and the other quarter
rs to 90%. Only two counties in
Ohio report a fair crop.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-04-28

The Democratic State Central
Committee is called to meet in Co.
lumbus on the 10th of May, to fix
a date and place for holding the
State Convention. We are in ia.
vor of Cleveland. 1t is the pleas
ATTEST city in the State to hold 9
Convention in the summer season
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-04-28

sort of thing. That is the lesson
which the Democratic party has
been teaching the country, and be-
cause it has done this, and so kept
itself abreast of the times, it will
probably stay where it is for a long
time to come.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-04-28

Mrs. Polk, the widow of James
K. Polk, tenth President of the
United States, is more than So
years Of age, but she is in good
health, and she possesses a memo
ry of unimpaired vigor. She re-
sides in the old Polk homestead at
Nashville, Tennessee.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-04-28

Some one has introduced a bill
into the Pennsylvania Legislature
requiring that all vegetables, fruits,
and other produce shall be sold by
weight. The gradually diminish
ing size of the peach basket and
berry box demands a reform. The
only remedyis to insist that every
thing shall be sold by weight.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-04-28

Congressmen say thatthe growth
of the surplus will compel an extra
session in October. But will it
ever compel a reduction of the
taxes is what the people want to
know.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-04-28

The New Haven News thinks
that perhaps the place where cleo
trio lights are most needed is in q
barber shop. The flow of gas
would be diminished at least.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-04-28

If President Cleveland wants a
second term he can get the nomi-
nation and be elected. Put that
down.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-04-28

The Republican "rot" about the
Democrats running the country if
they gotinto power, is about hush
ed forever.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-04-28

just think of it. Under Repub-
lican rule it will take 10000 bush
els of wheat to pay the Governors
salary. Under Democratic rule il
only cost 5,000l Doubling up the
Governors salary at one stroke is
a big thing.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-04-28

Senator Cameron, who voted
against the Interstate Commerce
bill, hasn't much faith in running
railroads by act of Congress. He
says that his friends have already
found out that it is dangerous to
interfere with the private rights
and private business, and will find
out a great deal more.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-04-28

Keep in mind that the Gov
ernor of Ohio will be an 100000
official, and don't get one of the
100000 kind.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-04-28

8 Instances ofpeople who are land
poor r not uncommon even IN
the more densely populated States
of the north, but in the south,
where the population is largely
rural, and great estates have sur
vived in families from slavery
times, this economic evil is one
that operates as a great drawback
to the progress and prosperity OF
all the States. Everybody here is
land-poor," says a leading paper
of Mississippi. The State has an
area of more than 100000 acres.
Of these only a few more than s.
0O0, 600 were in cultivation in 1880,
and more than 100000 acres
were "unimproved farm land."-
Just half the area of the State, in
other words, was classed as "farm
land" and just one-third of this
was then in cultivation. This we
presume is true to a greater or less
extent in all Southern States. The
average size of the farms in fou1
northern States is SO acres in Penn.
sylvania, SO in Ohio and New York
and los in Indiana. In Tennessee
it is 125. Alabama 139, Georgia
1873 and Mississippi 1856. But
there has been a marked decrease
in these and other Southern States
since the civil war. Thus in 1850
it was $40 acres to a farm in Mis-
sissippi, 430 in Georgia, 346 in Al
ALBANIA and 251 in Tennessee. In
Texas the average has fallen from
591 acres in 1850 to 2OS in 1880.
This marks the subdivision of the
large plantations : among small
farmers in all the Southern States.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-04-28

It is now against the law to even
"smile" in Washington city on
Sunday. How different under Re
publican rule!
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-04-28
WORKING Cl ASSES Attention.

pared to furnish all classes with employment at
home, the whole of the time. or for their spare
moments Business new. light and profitable
Persons of either sex easily earn from so cents to
$500 PEI evening. and a proportional sum by de-
voting all their time to the business; Boys and
girls earn nearly as much as men. That all who
see this may send their address,, and test the bu-
slness, we make this offer To SUCH as are not
we'll satisfied we will send one dollar to pay for
the trouble OF writing. Full particulars and out
fit free. Address GEO R 6 IL STIssoN Il Co Port
land Maine.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-04-28

There is considerable talk about
an extra session of Congress to be
called on the first of October
There is q necessity for it.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-04-28

ness last season and the unusual large number of orders
that were taken this Spring is proof of. its popularity and
OF the great values we offer. Suits to order, $15, SIG, SIS
and $50, up to the very finest. Trousers to order, 81, SIS,
S6, ~ and S9-beautiful patterns from which to make your
selections; all fashionable and of unquestioned excellence.
We ask a chance to prove tnat it is as much your benefit
to deal with us as it is ours. Why? Because we give
you the LOWEST PRICES, the BEST
the LATEST STYLES, FIT and COM
|plete satisfaction.
Now, while the assortment is complete, is the time to
make your selection and leave your measure.
JOS. WOERNER'S, The Peoples Clothier,
Tailor, Halter and Furnisher. The cheapest all round
Merchant in Prcble County.
Barron Street, EATON, OHIO
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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-04-28

There are 100000 men engaged
in the building trades now, as
against 10000 two years ago.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-04-28
H. ~. RUNYAX a. n. S,
DFNTTS7

D"N y
OFFICE in Churchill's building, first
" door south of City Hall. Dental
work OF every description performed in
a skillfnl and artistic manner satisfac-
tion guaranteed. fiun24-ly
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1887-08-05

..lf the tamarisk Is only dry enough,
auoth Mae, 1--WE can soon smoke her
outs" and he galloped round through
the beaters and volley of flaming
torches rained into the brake. This
fetched her. She made gallant
charge out and almost up TO us, before
we gave her all four barrels. 1t Itstopped
her, and for moment the noble beast
seemed stunned. Then. as the smoke
cleared away, we saw her return 10 the
shelter. More torches were thrown in.
and four times did the desperate lion
ness charge-us dauntlessly, and receive
our fire, before finally biting the dust.
She had eleven bullet holes in hoF.
beside the smashed shoulder | had
given her the night before. With that
bullet in her. (Which had passed through
her and lay against her ribs on the OPP
posite side To that il had entered) she
had travelled nearly nine miles, had
made five determined rushes, killed
and disabled four dogs, and died like
the heroine she was, in mid-charge.
And Maccovoy, turning to me, asked:
doctor. do you still hold to the opin-
ion that lion is no better than big
dogp" And / could find no answer,
save words of praise for the noble Great
ure that lay dead before us. Too much
time had elapsed for us to track the
other lion successfully, the spoor hav-
ing been obliterated by the feet OF
other game. But two lions out of three
wasn't such bad work for twenty-four
hours, after all. and we returned TO
camp fully satisfied with our day
Isport.-Alqeriafi Cor. London Standard.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1887-08-05

Miss Chandramukhi Bose, native
Christian lady. has been appointed SUI
perintendent of the Bethune School OF
Calcutta. The Indian Messenger, the
organ of the Brahmo Somaj, cordially
endorses the appointment
Mr.. Geo. A. Jarvis, of Brooklyn,
has given $40. 600 for new building
for the Episcopal General Theological
Seminary. 1t will be called JARVIS
Hall, and will be put up on the Ninth
avenue front of the grounds.
The graduates and former pupils
of Wheaton Seminary. Norton. resid-
ing in and about New York, have
formed an alumne association, with
Mrs. Kate Upson Clark. of Brooklyn, FOL
president -Con9regationaltst.
During the past twenty-five year:
the British ard Foreign Bible Society
have sold in Italy 185. 495 copies of the
entire Bible. $50, 1T New Testament:
and 500, 459 portions of single gospels
ETC., making the total issues nearly
million and quarter.
There are said TO be about sixt.
| Protestant communities In Spain wit
IA.000 oper, orofessed Protestants
and hardly without reg
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The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1887-08-05
ANSWERING LETTERS.
A Duty which should BE Performed as
Promptly n Possible.

A Duty which Shoald BE Performed as
Promptly as Possible.
Even i'm this business-like age, when
every thing is done BIZ system. and not
even the smallest inquiry by mail ID
supposed to remain unanswered. there
is now and then found business man
who does not fulfill the duties of a cor
respondent Such one was the head
of a large agency in one of our sea-
board cities, who had, in front OF his
desk. long row of pigeon-holes. all OF
them marked unanswered letters.
and all stuffed full.
.'Why don't yol answer those let
ters?'' visitor asked of him one day.
What would b, the useP" he an
swered. "Why. they would only e.
and write to me AGAIN.
Another man. lawyer, was found
Ly a caller ons day sitting in front OF
an open CRATE. with his elbows on his
knees AMI his chin on his hands. watch
ing a great heap of letters burning
fiefccly in the CRATE.
why, thought your man said yoi
were very busy" said the caller.
II am said the lawyer.
What are you busy abou;P''
Answering my correspondence
said the lawyer, "a h, pointed to thu
letters burning in the CRATE.
1t is worthy of note that the agen
who feared that his correspondent
would write 10 him again if he an
swered their letters lost his place. Will
the lawyer had means OF earning an in
come other than those attending to tn
business details of his profession. Their
is no safer rule that a business man ca
follow than this: .'See that all you
letters are promptly and politely al
swered. by somebody in your emplo!
if you can not doityourself y Youth
Companion.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1887-08-05
BERMUDA HOUSES.
Durability of the Peculiar Building Mate
rial Used In Their Construction

Durability of the Peculiar building Mate.
rial Used In Their Construction.
In speaking of the Bermudas. Rev.
John Snyder SAID: "One of the pretii
est sights. / believe. ever saw was
when went up into one of their light
houses and looked out upon the islands
below on the one hand and the wild.
ocean ON the other. The landscape
was green with palms and all kinds Of
tropical plants. and the earth was car
peted with grass. The natives build in
small villages which dot this country
on every side. and the white tops of
these village houses. down among the
the palms. and with a carpet OF green
grass for a background. make picture
one must see to appreciate. The air
is balmy. and said to be wonderful
curative for consumptives-
s.Of what material do they bald
houses in Bermuda"
..Of coral: that is to say, Of a stone
found about two feet uni Ter the soil at
almost any point. This is the work OF
the coral insect, and has been covered
by the soil in the process OF forming the
island" Z"
does the stone stand the weather
and answer for all bailding pur-
poses?h
Yes. its durability is somewhat re-
markable when we consider what the
stone is and The way in which 1t is OBJ
tanned. The masons go out and re-
move the two feet of soil which cover
the stone, and they find it as soft a
wood. perhaps softer than some kinds
of our hickory They cut it out into
blocks of any desirable size or shape
and leave 1t exposed to the air short
time, when it becomes as hard as rea
stone and stands the weather accord
ingly."
You spoke of the village house-tops
being white; what makes them so?
Every peasant and resident ot the
Bermudas is supposed to paint hi
| house-top at least once a year. tn.
covering is of stone and sometimes
almost fiat. and rs cistern water ]:
their only source of water supply. thel
paint their roofs that they may bette
turn the water into their cisterns
| Very often you can see about the fort
large surfaces arranged in this way f
turn water into the cisterns- tn
earth is removed of large space o
stone ard this is so arranged as to turI
the water into n common eistern. Tn
stone is all painted. and as | said
looks very beautiful when one look
down from the lighthouse at this snow
white substance among the gree
grass. Louis Republican.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1887-08-05
Meteor Showers.

Prof Richard A. Proctor maintains
that most of the meteor streams with
which the earth comes in contact are
derived from the earth itself; that Is,
thrown off by volcanic action at time
when the internal forces of our planet
were sufficiently active to give the
initial velocity, some twelve miles n
second. requisite to carry them beyond
the earth's attraction. Comets, which
he regards as the parents of the meteor
streams, he thinks may have originated
outside our solar system. Most of the
comets whose orbits belong to our sys-
TEN. he thinks originated in the larger
planets. The sun is now, perhaps,
giving birth frequently to comets which
probably pass beyond the limits of its
attraction Scientific american.